(1)The governing body of a maintained school may—
(a)provide courses of initial or further training for school teachers,
(b)provide courses of training for other members of the school workforce, or
(c)join in partnership with other training providers, or (alone or jointly with other training providers) establish a body, for the purpose of providing training falling within paragraph (a) or (b).
(2)It is immaterial for the purposes of subsection (1) whether or not the training constitutes higher education.
(3)In relation to an exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the governing body has all the same supplementary and incidental powers as it has in relation to the conduct of the school.
(4)Any exercise by the governing body of a maintained school of the powers conferred by this section is not to be treated, for the purposes of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) (financing of maintained schools) as being undertaken for the purposes of the school.
(5)Section 80 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (exercise of power to provide further education) does not apply in relation to any course of training that is provided under this section.
(6)Nothing in this section is to be read as affecting the power of the governing body of a school, as an ordinary incident of the conduct of the school—
(a)to provide training for members of the school workforce who work at the school, or
(b)to participate in the provision of training for members of the school workforce as part of a course provided by another training provider.